jross

Questions that may influence longevity... As a world team member in wrestling, what is your standard of living like, and how do you manage to support yourself financially? Do you receive sponsorships or other financial support, or do you have to work other jobs to make ends meet? How do you balance your athletic pursuits with the need to pay rent, bills, and other expenses? Contrast this to when you were trying to make the team but not yet a member. What are some of the challenges you've faced as a female wrestler, either in terms of discrimination, lack of resources, or other obstacles? How do you balance your training and competition schedule with other aspects of your life, such as work, family, or education? What does your training regimen look like, both in terms of technique and conditioning? What advice would you give to other women who are interested in pursuing wrestling beyond college? How does it feel to represent your country at the world level, and what are your goals for future competitions? Can you describe your experiences competing in different parts of the world, and how does wrestling culture differ between countries and regions? What is the secret to your longevity and success in wrestling? Was it worth it?

My 401k brokerage has no fees to buy and sell. No taxes on gains and no write off for loss.

Wrestling needs this.

I saw information today that is different than a short while back... https://www.fidelity.com/news/article/us-markets/202302170104RTRSNEWSCOMBINED_KBN2UR0AC-OUSBS_1

In my personal life, I pay off high rate credit cards every month. I'm good with paying my low rate mortgage over several years. I can grow my net income better when my debts have low interest rates. The economy has high inflation. The Fed raises interest rates to lower inflation. Higher interest rates lead to more expensive loans. Companies take less loans. Companies also have debts coming due that they have to refinance at the latest high rates. This leads to less growth and in a future looking stock market, less value. Unprofitable companies are in a bad spot where as profitable companies with cash flow will weather the storm. When interest rates are eventually reduced, the market should take off. There are other factors that impact sectors...

83% cash and treasury bills now. Hope I'm right.

Don't listen to me. I was convinced it would happen with reopening in late spring/summer of 2022. The drop began in Jan when I was planning to exit fully in Feb. But when everyone has the same thoughts... (bag holder) The simplest signal is that the S&P chart does not reflect the economy, 2023 earnings, and future growth estimates. With the exception of a few months in 2020, the growth rate is linear since 2009. 2023 is unclear and I've moved 25% from equity into fast maturing treasury bills this week. I will move up to another 50% soon. I'm positioning for a downswing to 3600 .SPX and looking for better prices on select companies. 10-30%, even 50% drop is predicted, along with 20% gains by different experts. Its about a 60:40 ratio of expert predicted drop vs rise. I'm sure to be wrong. If I'm wrong and it keeps growing 40% every 3 years, .SPX will be at 5800 by 2026. It's going to get to 5800 within 10 years anyway because the market always moves past its tumbles. The ichimoku cloud chart is bullish on .SPX... I'm not.

Experiences are worth every penny.

Work hard, invest smart, and drudge through the prime of your life for pennies to compound so one day you might afford eggs. Returns can sound impressive but 1000% gain on zero is zero.

I was heavy on retirement index funds for 6 years. Put 10% annual in like momma said, set it, forgot it, and enjoyed 10% compounding interest returns. The government printed money for my company's sector and I went Enron style for a while. I've mostly been going long on self-picked companies since that time. Since starting 401K equity investing in 2004, my total portfolio paper gains have returned 390%. An alternative history that invested only in the S&P 500 would have returned 82%. An alternative investment of Berkshire Hathaway would have returned 167%. I've lost money in 4 years, one better than the S&P and one worse than Berkshire Hathaway. There is a case to be made for self management of funds... no management expense beyond my time... holdings in a 401K brokerage account that allows buy, sell, cash reserve, etc. and all the things with exception of calls/puts for options. I've made costly mistakes and my main regret is capping annual investment at 10% rather than 30%.

It was hard to listen to the scientists with a different interpretation when they were all kicked off of social media.

Logically wearing a mask helps prevent Covid but what does the science summarize about mask effectiveness? I'm confused. Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza-like illness or COVID-19 compared to not wearing masks, and N95/P2 respirators compared with medical/surgical masks probably make little or no difference for the objective and more precise outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza infection. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full

Ah I was not giving credence to your point about messaging. If you want to add the warning that one should be skeptic of the way science is communicated, that's sound advice. It is good to question the messaging AND the science both.

Why are you talking about how the food pyramid is not science when it doesn't change the meaning of the conversatzen anymore than my my misspelled word does this statement.

Trust the science.

Trust the science. The water in East Palestine, Ohio is fine. Drink up.

There is an angle to dismiss the food pyramid... but its a tad silly to defend the food pyramid against lobbyist-driven corruption by saying "its not science." "Follow the food pyramid" is a good example in today's world of "trust the science," simplified representation or not. It is lipstick on a pig.

I like Coty as a consumer staple. The company bought another company to increase revenue and was unprofitable and leveraged 7x through 2020 under wrong-domain leadership. They implemented a turn around plan under an industry renown leader (a boy named sue), leverage is at 4x an on its way to 2x, is now profitable, and is on its way to 2018/2019 share prices in 2025. Buybacks are planned for 2024 and 2025 and dividends are in discussion at 2x leverage. There is frequent large continuous insider buying without selling. I've been buying and selling following the tank to $3 in the pandemic fallout. Its price has been volatile and is a current buy for me under $9. It is my largest single holding currently and I'm looking to lighten my risk for 2023 after a 7% rise to $11.17 today. My short-term exit strategy is $11.00, $11.50, and $12.00 but these 4.8% T-Bills offer more security as a short-term hold while I hold for a potential summer pullback. The insider trading caught my attention. My due diligence allowed for a calculated long-hold risk. I've been listening to quarterly earnings for a few years now and riding out the volatility. This recent article covers what some of us have known for awhile. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4575342-coty-a-deleveraging-story-with-strong-momentum always do your own due diligence

I don't know this space very well. I think you are saying that the actual June yield can be different from today's ask yield and that this will change based on market conditions. So long as the interest rate keeps growing, I would expect the yield to be historically high. T-bills currently could be a secure place to park cash and it may become less attractive as interest rates drop (much later).

Am I looking at treasury bill investments in 2023 correctly where the return in 4 months is guaranteed at nearly 4.8%? Where in theory one can buy 4m maturity bills three times a year and yield 14.4%? This seems like a no brainer in this market uncertainty.

I had never heard Bob Nelson's comedy. Splendid.

I will explain real good. The Kentucky Chefs play the exciting and thrilling game of of pigskin run. There are two teams of giant armored warriors that stand on a grassy field. One team (offenders) takes this egg wrapped in pigskin and carry it across the enemy's secret fortresses while avoiding the opposition's army of defenders. The defenders try to crack the egg holder skull by transforming into leaping warrior spears. The offensive warriors and defensive warriors have special powers like turbo boosts and the egg holders sometimes use invisibility cloaks to avoid the leaping warriors spears. The warriors that get the egg in the enemy fortress the most win the games. The Chefs are special cuz they have an egg thrower that can throw the egg over the fortress. They wear the colors of the blood and piss. The Chefs have fans that tomahawk hand chop and moan "Woooooh oh oh Woooooh oh oh Woooooh oh oh Woooooh oh oh" that make the enemy cry. The lady pictures from the Intermat Ads shake their boom boom and make the fannies go vroom vroom.

I don’t believe you can read the Old Testament with an analytical mind and conclude it is to be taken as literal. That’s a sign of poor education and strong social pressure of ignorance and faith.